In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CENTIME
penny, cent, centime
(noun) a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
centime
(noun) a fractional monetary unit of several countries: France and Algeria and Belgium and Burkina Faso and Burundi and Cameroon and Chad and the Congo and Gabon and Haiti and the Ivory Coast and Luxembourg and Mali and Morocco and Niger and Rwanda and Senegal and Switzerland and Togo
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
centime (plural centimes)
(historical) A former subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the franc.
A coin having face value of one centime.
Anagrams
• Ctimene, Nemetic, nemetic
Source: Wiktionary
Cen`time", n. Etym: [F., fr. L. centesimus. See Centesimal.] (F. Coinage)
Definition: The hundredth part of a franc; a small French copper coin and money of account.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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